I'm still hopeful to get this project going in the future. I think the crowd-funding is still the best way to get it from idea-model, but the timing was a little wrong.
One point regularly brought up was that people hadn't seen any/much of Dave's stand-alone work - Something I hope people would now be more comfortable with.
The market is currently being flooded with commissions, so it will take something very special to sit above the rest and entice people to part with their money. With recent progress on the new-build project itself, hopefully more people will want such a model...
Meanwhile, I'm looking at alternatives, such as my current Wilbert commission.
Any other suggestions welcome!